Kelsey Amie Wolfe & ors -v- The Motor Insurers Bureau (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: QB-2022-003004

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Central office

30 November 2023

Before:
Master Brown

Between:
Miss Kelsey Amie Wolfe
And
Mr Mohammed Hussain

-v-

The Motor Insurers Bureau

ANONYMITY ORDER

BEFORE MASTER BROWN sitting at the High Court of Justice on 29th November 2023 in the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London.

UPON HEARING Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel for the Second Defendant and the First Defendant not appearing or represented.

AND UPON:
(1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimant to respect for private and family life, and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
(2) It appearing that non-disclosure of the address of the Claimant is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the Claimant and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.
(3) The Second Defendant indicating its neutrality to the making of the order and there being no representations from the press or any other interested party.
(4) The Claimant’s address to be provided separately to the Second Defendant in a form which will be confirmed in writing by 20th December 2023.

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998; section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981; and CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4).

WHEREAS for the purposes of this order:
(1) ‘Publication’ includes any speech, writing, broadcast, or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media), which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public.
(2) Publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in subparagraph (i) above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of these proceedings.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The address of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published.
  2. Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4), there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the address of the Claimant or other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the address of the Claimant in these proceedings.
  3. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:
    (i) Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the address of Claimant (including any addresses of other immediate family members) shall be redacted before publication.
  4. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
    (i) A person who is not a party to the proceedings may not obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the Court records unless the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 3(i) to (iii) above.
    (ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(1B) or (2)) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any other document or communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  5. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 29th November 2023 and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain a copy document from this file must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of that Order.”
  6. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  7. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this Order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (www.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  8. The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.